2012 Fourth International
Conference on Communication
Systems and Networks
(COMSNETS 2012)
Bangalore, India
3 – 7 January 2012
IEEE Catalog Number:
ISBN:
CFP1231F-PRT
978-1-4673-0296-8
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SESSION T1-1: NOVEL WIRELESS ARCHITECTURES
CHORUS: Collaborative and Harmonized Open Radio Ubiquitous System (Invited Talk ).......................................... 1
Sheng Zhou, Zhisheng Niu, Shiro Tanabe
Optimal Control of Service Rate and Reliability in Scheduling over Wireless Channels.............................................. 10
Aditya Karnik, Catherine Rosenberg,
Detecting and tracking Abrupt Changes in Wireless Multipath Channels..................................................................... 17
V Sashidharan, Arun Pachai Kannu
Experimental Performance Evaluation of Location Distinction for MIMO Links ........................................................ 27
Dustin Maas, Neal Patwari, Sneha Kasera, Daryl Wasden, Michael Jensen
Target Tracking In A WSN With Directional Sensors Using Electronic Beam Steering .............................................. 37
Anand Kumar, Krishna M. Sivalingam
SESSION T1-2: SOCIAL NETWORKS, PROGRAMMABILITY
Control and Understanding: Owning Your Home Network............................................................................................ 47
Richard Mortier, Tom Rodden, Tom Lodge, Derek McAuley, Charalampos Rotsos, Andrew W. Moor, Alexandros
Koliousis, Joseph Sventek
SuperNova: Super-peers Based Architecture for Decentralized Online Social Networks............................................. 57
Rajesh Sharma, Anwitaman Datta
Assessing the Veracity of Identity Assertions via OSNs ................................................................................................... 67
Michael Sirivianos, Kyungbaek Kim, Jian Wei Gan, Xiaowei Yang
A Router Primitive Approach for Building Diverse Network Services........................................................................... 77
Joel Sommers, Paul Barford, Ben Liblit
Exploring the design space of social network-based Sybil defenses (Invited Talk) ........................................................ 87
Bimal Viswanath, Mainack Mondal, Allen Clement, Peter Druschel, Krishna Gummadi, Alan Mislove, Ansley Post
SESSION T2-1: MESH NETWORKING AND DTNS
Multiband Wireless Mesh Networks: Frequency Aware Spectrum Allocation and Cross-layer
Optimization (Invited Talk)................................................................................................................................................ 95
Avhishek Chatterjee, Supratim Deb, Vikram Srinivasan
PUMA: Policy-based Unified Multi-radio Architecture for Agile Mesh Networking.................................................. 104
Changbin Liu, Ricardo Correa, Harjot Gill, Tanveer Gill, Xiaozhou Li, Shivkumar Muthukumar, Taher Saeed,
Boon Thau Lo, Prithwish Basu
Contour Routing for Peer-to-Peer DTN Delivery in Cellular Networks....................................................................... 114
Sun-Hyun Kim, Seung-Jae Han, Sunhyun Kim
Performance Modeling of Routing in Delay-Tolerant Networks with Node Heterogeneity ........................................ 123
Chaitanya Manam, Mahendran Veeramani,C. Siva Ram Murthy
SESSION T2-2: DATA CENTERS AND CLOUDS
Optimizing Cloud Resources for Delivering IPTV Services through Virtualization ................................................... 133
Vaneet Aggarwal, Vijay Gopalakrishnan, Rittwik Jana, K. K. Ramakrishnan, Vinay A. Vaishampayam
Applications Of Wide-Area Network Slicing For Improving Cloud Platform Access By Opentag............................ 143
Ryoji Furuhashi, Akihiro Nakao
Varanus: More-With-Less Fault Localization in Data Centers..................................................................................... 150
Vaishali Sadaphal, Maitreya Natu, Harrick Vin, Prashant Shenoy
Identity: A Data Center Network Fabric To Enable Co-Existence Of Identical Addresses........................................ 160
Vijay Mann, Kalapriya Kannan, Anilkumar Vishnoi, Shivkumar Kalyanaraman
SESSION F1-1: SECURITY
On Detecting Malicious Behaviors in Interactive Networks: Algorithms and Analysis (Invited Talk)...................... 170
Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui
Pairgram: Modeling Frequency Information of Lookahead Pairs for System Call based Anomaly
Detection............................................................................................................................................................................. 180
Neminath Hubballi
Adaptive Network Intrusion Detection System using a Hybrid Approach................................................................... 190
R Rangadurai Karthick, Vipul P. Hattiwale, Balaraman Ravindran
Limitations Of Scanned Human Copresence Encounters For Modelling Proximity-Borne Malware ....................... 197
James Mitchell, Eamonn O'Neill, Gjergji Zyba, Geoffrey M. Voelker, Michael Liljenstam, András Méhes, Per
Johansson
Linear and Remainder Packet Marking for Fast IP TraceBack ................................................................................... 207
Samant Sourabh, Ashok Singh Sairam
IDS Alerts Classification using Knowledge-based Evaluation ....................................................................................... 215
Dheeraj Gupta, P.S. Joshi, A.K. Bhattacharjee, R.S. Mundada
SESSION F1-2: WIRELESS, THEORY 1
ACComplice: Location Inference using Accelerometers on Smartphones ................................................................... 223
Jun Han, Emmanuel Owusu, Thanh-Le Nguyen, Adrian Perrig, Joy Zhang
Capacity of Byzantine Consensus in Capacity Limited Point-to-Point Networks ........................................................ 232
Guanfeng Liang, Nitin Vaidya
SIR Based Interference Modeling For Wireless Mesh Networks: A Detailed Measurement Study ........................... 242
Vishal Sevani, Bhaskaran Raman
How To Detect Causality Effects On Large Dynamical Communication Networks .................................................... 252
Lionel Tabourier, Alina Stoica, Fernando Peruani
Asynchronous Full-Duplex (Invited Talk) ....................................................................................................................... 259
Achaleshwar Sahai, Gaurav Patel, Ashutosh Sabharwal
SESSION F2-1: COGNITIVE RADIOS AND DYNAMIC SPECTURM ACCESS
Providing QoS in a Cognitive Radio Network (Invited Talk) ........................................................................................ 268
Vinod Sharma
Opportunistic Cooperation in Cognitive Radio Networks ............................................................................................. 277
Rahul Urgaonkar, Michael J. Neely
Beyond OFDM: Best-Effort Dynamic Spectrum Access Using Filterbank Multicarrier ............................................ 287
Sriram Nandha Premnath, Daryl Wasden, Sneha K. Kasera, Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny
Spectrum Sensing Based on Entropy Estimation Using Cyclostationary Features for Cognitive Radio ................... 297
Sesham Srinu, Samrat L. Sabat, Rajesh Sharma, Anwitaman Datta
SESSION F2-2: OVERLAYS
DRank: Decentralized Ranking Mechanism for Semantic community Overlays......................................................... 303
Rajesh Sharma, Anwitaman Datta
Virtual Network Embedding with Border Matching...................................................................................................... 310
Xuzhou Chen, Yan Luo, Jie Wang
Characterizing Latency in Periodic P2P Hypercube Gossiping .................................................................................... 318
Philipp Berndt, Matthias Hovestadt, Odej Kao
Hierarcy-Aware Distributed Overlays in Data Centers using DC2............................................................................... 326
Karthik Nagaraj, Hitesh Khandelwal, Charles Killian, Ramana Rao Kompella
SESSION S1-1: INTERNET-SCALE ISSUES
TrickleDNS: Bootstrapping DNS Security using Social Trust (Invited Talk) .............................................................. 336
Sriram Sankararaman, Jay Chen, L. Subramanian, Venugopalan Ramasubramanian
Split Reservation Protocols using Multiple Wavelengths (SRPM) in Dense WDM Optical Networks ...................... 346
Malabika Sengupta, Swapan Kumar Mondal, Debashis Saha
Delay And Loss Based Feedback, Transport Protocols And Buffer Sizing .................................................................. 356
Praveen Raja, Gaurav Raina, Praveen Raja
Better Internet Routing through Intrinsic Support for Selfishness............................................................................... 366
Holly Esquivel, Chitra Muthukrishnan, Aditya Akella, Shuchi Chawla
Net Neutrality Debate: Impact of Competition among ISPs .......................................................................................... 376
François Boussion, Patrick Maillé, Bruno Tuffin
SESSION S1-2: FAULT TOLERANCE, MEASUREMENT
Design and Evaluation of the S3 Monitor Network Measurement Service on GENI................................................... 384
Puneet Sharma, Sonia Fahmy, Ethan Blanton, Sriharsha Gangam, Sarbajit Chatterjee, Deepti Sharma, Sumit Kala
Robustness of Logical Topology Mapping Algorithms for Survivability against Multiple Failures in an
IP-over-WDM Optical Network ....................................................................................................................................... 394
Krishnaiyan Thulasiraman, Tachun Lin, Zhili Zhou
OLSR and Approximate Distance Routing: Loops, Black Holes, and Path Stretch .................................................... 403
Carlos Rodrigo Aponte, Stephan Bohacek
Cheleby: A Subnet-level Internet Topology Mapping System ....................................................................................... 413
Hakan Kardes, Talha Oz, Mehmet H. Gunes
WiMAX Mesh Based Back-Haul For Tactical Military And Disaster Area Networks (Invited Talk) ....................... 423
Rahul Kulkarni, Ramakrishna Padmanabhan, Krishna Sivalingam, Devendra Jalihal, K. Giridhar
SESSION S2-1: WIRELESS, THEORY II
On the Design of Device-to-Device Autonomous Discovery (Invited Talk)................................................................... 433
Sanjay Shakkottai
Percolation Phenomena in Networks under Random Dynamics ................................................................................... 442
Prithwish Basu, Saikat Guha, Ananthram Swami, Don Towsley
Performance Analysis of Beacon-Less IEEE 802.15.4 Multi-Hop Networks ................................................................ 452
Rachit Srivastava, Anurag Kumar
Optimal Control of Information Epidemics .................................................................................................................... 462
Aditya Karnik, Pankaj Dayama
SESSION S2-2: SENSOR NETWORKS
A Robust Gradient Clock Synchronization Algorithm for Wireless Sensor Networks................................................ 469
André C. Pinho, Felipe M. G. França, Daniel R. Figueiredo
Approximation Algorithms for Deployment of Sensors for Line Segment Coverage in Wireless Sensor
Networks............................................................................................................................................................................. 479
Dinesh Dash, Arijit Bishnu, Arobinda Gupta, Subhas C. Nandy
Optimal Relay Placement in Wireless Sensor Networks using Node Cut Inequalities................................................. 489
Ashutosh Nigam, Yogesh Kumar Agarwal
Throughput Schemes for Energy Harvesting Sensor Networks .................................................................................... 497
T.V. Prabhakar, Madhuri Iyer, Prakruthi Keshavamurthy, R Venkatesha Prasad, M Niemegeers, Sakthi Priya
Satyanarayanan
POSTER SESSION
Scalable Content Distribution For The Social Networking Websites............................................................................ 504
Amit Ruhela
RuralNet: Understanding the State of Internet Connectivity in Rural India ............................................................... 506
Zahir Koradia
Location based Radio Resource Allocation (LBRRA) for WiMAX Network............................................................... 508
Rakesh Kumar Jha
Markov Model Based Experiment Comparison.............................................................................................................. 510
Swati Sharma, Alefiya Hussain
Low Cost Computing Using Virtualization For Remote Desktop ................................................................................. 512
Dhaval Manvar, Mayank Mishra, Anirudha Sahoo
Fine-grained Resource (Electricity) Management in Buildings ..................................................................................... 514
Pandarasamy Arjunan
Network-resource Isolation for Virtualization Nodes..................................................................................................... 516
Yasusi Kanada, Kei Shiraishi, Akihiro Nakao
Access Control Mechanisms for Outsourced Data in Cloud .......................................................................................... 518
B.R. Purushothama, B B Amberker
Reliability of Mobile Agent System in QoS Mobile Network ......................................................................................... 520
Chandreyee Chowdhury, Sarmistha Neogy
Epidemic Broadcasting in DTNs Using Directional Antennas....................................................................................... 522
Rajib Maiti, Niloy Ganguly, Arobinda Gupta
A Novel Location Management technique for Dual-homed UMTS Cellular Networks............................................... 524
Samir K Sadhukhan, Kanika Orea, Debashis Saha
Design of a Molecular Communication Framework for Nanomachines ....................................................................... 526
Ayush Dubey, Shretima Tandon, Aaditeshwar Seth
E6 2012 (ENERGY IN COMMUNIACTION, INFORMATION, AND CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS)
Demand-side Load Management in Smart Homes ......................................................................................................... 528
Prashant Shenoy
On Energy-Aware Aggregation of Dynamic Temporal Demand in Cloud Computing ............................................... 529
Haiyang Qian, Fu Li, Deep Medhi
A Study on Server Sleep State Transition to Reduce Power Consumption in a Virtualized Server
Cluster Environment ......................................................................................................................................................... 535
V. K. Mohan Raj, R. Shriram
Power Management in 802.11 WLAN Using Proxy-Assisted WLAN Controller......................................................... 541
Sumankumar D. Panchal, S. V. R. Anand, Malati Hegde
Networking Lessons: From Computers to Water ........................................................................................................... 547
Iyswarya Narayanan, Venkatesh Sarangan, Arunchandar Vasan, Aravind Srinivasan, Anand Sivasubramaniam
Softgreen: Towards Energy Management of Green Office Buildings with Soft Sensors............................................. 553
Lakshmi V Thanayankizil, Sunil Kumar Ghai, Dipanjan Chakraborty, Deva Seetharam
NETHEALTH 2012 (NETWORKED HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY)
Wearable Networked Sensing for Human Mobility and Activity Analytics: A Systems Study................................... 559
Bo Dong, Subir Biswas
Steptacular: An Incentive Mechanism For Promoting Wellness ................................................................................... 565
Naini Gomes, Deepak Merugu, Gearoid O'Brien, Chinmoy Mandayam, Tom Yue, Berk Atikoglu, Adrian Albert,
Norihiro Fukumoto, Huan Liu, Balaji Prabhakar, Damon Wischik
Wireless System for Monitoring and Real-Time Classification of Functional Activity ............................................... 571
Pankil Butala, Yuting Zhang, Robert C. Wagenaar, Thomas D. C. Little
Utilization of a Wrist-Mounted Accelerometer to Count Movement Repetitions ........................................................ 576
Sriram Sanka, Prashanth Reddy, Amber Alt, Ann Reinthal, Nigamanth Sridhar
WISARD 2012 (WORKSHOP ON WIRELESS SYTEMS: ADVANCED RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
Wireless Sensor Node Based Smart Mine Design ........................................................................................................... 582
Bharat Udai Seth, Krishna M. Sivalingam
Selection of Minimum Transmit Power for Network Connectivity in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks.......................... 588
P. C. Neelakantan, A. V. Babu
RODEO: Robust and Rapidly Deployable TDM Mesh with QoS Differentiation ....................................................... 594
Aniesh Chawla, Vinay Yadav, Vasu Dev Sharma, Jitin Bajaj, Eshan Nanda, Vinay Ribeiro, Huzur Saran
Effects Of Network Trace Sampling Methods On Privacy And Utility Metrics........................................................... 600
Phil Fazio, Keren Tan, David Kotz
VyapaarSEWA TM – A Business Service Platform for Improving the Livelihood of Rural Women SelfHelp Groups ....................................................................................................................................................................... 608
M. R. Ramesh Kumar, Sridhar Varadharajan
Wolverine : Traffic and Road Condition Estimation using Smartphone Sensors........................................................ 614
Ravi Bhoraskar, Nagamanoj Vankadhara, Bhaskaran Raman, Purushottam Kulkarni
GappaGoshti™: Digital Inclusion for Rural Mass Consumption in a Virtualized Server Cluster
Environment ...................................................................................................................................................................... 620
Kushal Gore, Sylvan Lobo, Pankaj Doke
Author Index